Museum Art Hotel reopens as QT Museum Wellington after $12 million makeover

By Julietta Jameson
Updated February 21 2017 - 3:08pm, first published February 18 2017 - 12:15am
Art galore at QT Museum Wellington.
Art galore at QT Museum Wellington.
The on-site acclaimed Hippopotamus Restaurant & Bar at QT.
The on-site acclaimed Hippopotamus Restaurant & Bar at QT.

Under threat of demolition to make way for the Museum of New Zealand in 1993, owner Chris Parkin moved Wellington's Museum Art Hotel across the road on rails. It happened in two stages, the structure arrived in virtually perfect nick and Parkin and the hotel became much loved local icons.

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